Blizzard PPC Configuration Help!

[FrankBrana]

Hi Dudes!

Since I´M STILL WATITTING for news of my CSPPC that its in DCE (NO news from palpatine)I can´t use my fully loaded 4K, so  I have managed to get my brothers 1200.

It has BPPC 040@33 PPC@240 SCSI and GFX via mediator.

The problem is that many PPC things doesnt work as its supposed to, or doesnt run at all. Some demos yes, some no, some games work, some not...

I hace installes ppclibemu, warpos and Bppcfix.

Can anyone pls tell me how to reconfigure my system or send me the current config files?

Thank you very much
-FranK B.

[Madgun68]

Hmm. The only things I can think of are the following.. Go in to the WarpOS preferences, and make sure it's on terminator 1 or 0. (This is needed for the ppclibemu.) Then bring up a shell and type in 'pciinfo' and check the memspace1 for the gfx card. That number should be in the  video address line in WarpOS prefs.

[kgrach]

Warning long post following.
he is What I did in my PPC/Mediator setup.
use at your own risk!!!

1. formatted HD with SFS .

2. Installed OS 3.9 onto HD

3. installed CDROM software  from 3.9 install script

4. installed PowerPC software support Warp OS V5 from 3.9 install           script selected Wshell Support&other GFX card from Question.

5. Installed BPPCFix from WarpUP archive. In the Startup-sequence before setpatch wrote  C:BPPCFix Install >NIL:
     Fixes nasty terminate message on starting desktop and is needed to prevent BB2 problems

6. Installed Boing Bag One & Two

7. Installed MUI 3.8 choose to install image sets & Example programs

8. Installed off of MM CD Mediator 2.9 system files,Enhanced Voodoo         drivers,Warp 3d using supplied install script

9. Installed picasso96-2_1b using install script.
     Choose Cybervison 64 3D as the graphic card.
     Found the CVision3D and CVision3D.info in the DEVS:Monitors
     drawer, renamed these files to Voodoo and Voodoo.info,
     respectively.
     Changed in the tool type window of the Voodoo.icon:  
                            BOARDTYPE = from CVision3D to Voodoo.
     Double Clicked on the Voodoo icon (in Devs:Monitors drawer).
     Started  the Picasso96Mode program (in SYS:Prefs drawer) and  
     selected
     Attach setting to Board0: Voodoo.
     Set up some screen modes 320X200,640X400,800X600,1024X768
     Saved exited and rebooted Machine.


10.Installed mediator updates so all files match that of Mediator           system files list on web Site confirmed to have all files and         all up to date. Remember Make sure you have the A1200 version of Warp 3d installed not the A4000 version. MMCD installed the wrong ones for me.


List of Envarc settings:

Workbench:Prefs/Env-Archive/Warp3d/Mediator
    Memsize 16 (largest size that works documentation say's to set        to 23 don't work)

Workbench:Prefs/Env-Archive/Mediator
    MMU No                            
    NoCache No                          
    VoodooInt Yes                      
    VoodooMem 31 (some envarc say 31 one say's 63 )                  
    Warp3D Yes (should this be set to yes or no)  

Workbench:Prefs/Env-Archive/PowerPC
    alertfile CON:0/20/400/200/WarpOS -
              System Message/AUTO/CLOSE/WAIT/INACTIVE
                   
    crashfile CON:0/20/400/300/WarpOS -
              PowerPC Exception/AUTO/CLOSE/WAIT/INACTIVE

    debug 0                          
    earlyterm 0
    force 1                          
    gfxaddr $200000
    hidewarning 0                    
    memprot 1
    seginfo 100                          
    terminator 2

Workbench:Prefs/Env-Archive/Picasso96
    AmigaVideo 15khz                    
    BlackSwitching No
    Debug No                        
    DirectColorMask No
    DisableAmigaBlitter No              
    DoNotSetMMU No
    EnableBootVGA No                  
    Experimental Yes
    PlanarOnlyDIPFDBUF No              
    PlanesToFast Yes
    ShowModes ALL

Monitor Icon Settings
Workbench:Devs/Monitors/VooDoo
SettingsFile=SYS:Devs/Picasso96Settings
BOARDTYPE=Voodoo
BorderBlank=YES
DisplayChain=YES
FakeNativeModes=NO
FontsFix=NO
GrantDirectAccess=NO
IgnoreMask=Yes
MEMORYCLOCK=166
NoBlitter=NO
NoPlanar2ChunkyBlits=NO
OverClock=NO
BigSprite=NO
Quiet
SoftSprite=NO
System2ScreenBlits=YES

Tested W3DDEMOs ALL Worked


follow the above and all should work for you.

I havn't installed the New Update from yesterday yet.!!

Have fun.

Kgrach

[lempkee]

frank:if you get wos exceptions etc , beware! your ppc might be underpowered (too little +5v) ,this can be fixed by putting an cable from the psu directly onto the bppc.

a friend of mine discovered this 2 weeks or so ago, first we belived it was a faulty card but i tested it in my machine and all where OK!, then we suspected that it was his morthrboard, and then several people on irc + here on amiga.org helped me/him with suggesting the extra feed.

now it runs everything (and his setup was correctly configured from day 1 of)

anyway if its WOS with Pup emu you are talking about, well sadly there is a few things that will never work in Pup EMU.

If its Demos (scene etc) then check out my website with everydemo (ppc) released , sadly i havent had the time to update it etc but all the info on it should clearly tell if it work on PupEmu or not and with mediator.

http://ppcdemodb.acggbg.org/index.php

cheers

[lempkee]

opps 1 more thing,

Remeber that GFX Memory is LOW! when u are in PPC mode with Warp3d on a1200 , max is 8mb!! , if u got too little mem , then it will crash/give u grey screen etc.

download P96Avail and use that to guide u into the world of memory (gfx)

1 example , 1 screen 1024x768x16bitPc (which u should use (16bit PC) use about 2.0 meg of gfx ram, add 1-2 meg more for a normal "Centered" background picture.

Quake 2 (640x480x16) needs 5.2+ or more megs free to run properly!